Allyn Gibson
LightNews LightNews
banner
allyngibson.bsky.social
Allyn Gibson
@allyngibson.bsky.social
1.2K followers 150 following 2.4K posts
Writer of Diamond PREVIEWS, fiction and essays. Rooter of baseball. Scholar of history and Sherlock Holmes. Drinker of stouts.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
allyngibson.bsky.social
Allyn Gibson @allyngibson.bsky.social · Nov 17
Intro post time!

* Copywriter in the comics industry
* Occasional short story writer (Star Trek, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes)
* Visits cemeteries for fun
* Plays the uke
* Bonzo Dog & Rutles fan
* Beatles, too
* Way too into politics
* Shutterbug
* Visually impaired
* btw, I use Linux Mint 🐧
It's me, in my old office at Diamond Comic Distributors, wearing a University of Richmond t-shirt, a 1920s Washington Nationals baseball cap, holding a mug of tea (in a Hobbit mug bearing an inscription about "Second Breakfast") to the camera. Behind me is my sight cane, leaned up against the bookshelves with my work product -- years of the Diamond PREVIEWS catalog and order forms -- and a bunch of plushes. Also, a LEGO diorama -- the Daleks and the Decepticons have seized the Guardian of Forever, and the Doctor, Captain Kirk, Master Chief, and some Autobots are trying to take it back.
allyngibson.bsky.social
Proud to hold beliefs and live my life in such a way that MAGA would consider me a "race traitor." I wouldn't want to be any other way.
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
ndrew.bsky.social
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?

HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
ositanwanevu.com
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time. For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual. As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
joshdobbin.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I AM BEGGING YOU: Please lead a vote of no-confidence in Schumer as Minority Leader. It's a closed door, secret ballot conference vote. We cannot let this man, who is not made for this moment, be our downfall. He's not a bad man, he's just not up to History's moment.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 22h
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms

1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.

2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.

3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:49 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
A Reddit post made me think of late-90s Doctor Who Usenet fanfic earlier today, and as far as today's Internet is concerned it's like it never existed
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Wow, the White House is so shaken by the turn in the public mood that they thought Chuck Schumer might actually rise up and "seize this moment" to get meaningful concessions.

That's how panicked they are. They thought Chuck Schumer would do something.
billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”

newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
Good riddance. Now, if only Mike Jones would follow...
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
This is the kind of thing I would have talked with my mom about on the phone. She would have opinions.

I do like how the Eastern Shore, the upper bay, and Carroll went to the panhandle all kinda get hosed by this map.
pwoodreporter.bsky.social Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 1d
🗺️Maryland redistricting update 🗺️

A Maryland House of Delegates committee advanced a map tonight that would give Democrats a shot at an 8-0 sweep.

Goes to the full House next, but the Senate Democratic leadership remains opposed.

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Maryland House pushes forward with new congressional districts
The Maryland House of Delegates continues to push a new map of congressional districts, even as the state Senate remains a roadblock.
www.thebanner.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
damon.kiesow.net
So vampires with a novel legal theory.
benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 1d
My wife told me she heard at a training she attended that ICE has argued "ALL ARE WELCOME HERE" signs are invitations to enter private spaces and if that don't beat all I don't know what does.
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
bubbaprog.xyz
And, as a final testament to Alan Alda on his 90th birthday, let us never forget that he was not just a strong advocate for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, he was literally chairman of Men For The ERA & traveled the country for it for YEARS while starring in one of the top-rated TV shows
• Rocky Mount, N.C. Telegram Tues., Jan. 23, 1979-6 Alan Alda Talks On The N Necessity Of The ERA BY BARBARA FUSSELL Telegram Family Editor "I have come here to North Carolina to plead with North Carolinians to extend to all of the people of this country the same rights that now only a minority of the people in the country have," Alan Alda said in a speech in Elizabeth City Saturday. Alda, star of television's M-AS-H on which he plays the 1 role of Hawkeye, has been traveling throughout the United States to encourage support of the Equal Rights Amendment. "I have not come to North Carolina to tell the people of this state what to think, but I want to tell them about the necessity of the ERA," Alda said. The amendment will come up again for consideration at this year's session of the N.C. General Assembly. Thirty-five states have ratified the amendment. Thirty -eight must ratify it before June : 30, 1982 for it to become part of the U.S. Constitution. In some states, Alda said, laws exist which give women few rights if they should suddenly find themselves without their husbands. "I have h heard it said many times over that we want to protect the women in our lives, and yet by not putting the ERA into our Constitution, we are doing just the opposite." Alda said. "We are not now éven recognizing that women are people, according the Constitution, and salary scales show. how much, we really care about them. say that we want to put women ‹ on pedestals and keep them there. Well, I think it is time to bring them up from their pedestals and treat them as equals." Today 12 percent of the women in this country are heads of households and have the responsibility to support and maintain a home for themselves and their families, but they experience many roadblocks, Alda said. Alda is the father of three daughters, but said that is only part of the reason he supports passage of the amendment. "I don't want my daughters to have to shop around for a state to live in where they will have the same rights have," he said. "My daughters' are American citizens, and I want to know that they, as well as all the other women in this country, will have the same opportunities and rights to be treated as people just as men Dear Abby families under the ERA are unfounded. "We don't have to worry about * what would happen,' he said. "There are 14 states that now have ERAs in their state constitutions. Millions of people are now living under ERAs in those states, and no problems have developed which make those fears worth worrying about.' In Pennsylvania, Alda said, the passage of a state ERA has meant that women who have been homemakers while their hubands supported them now get credit for the value of their work when a divorce occurs. Before the state ERA was passed, Alda said, a woman involved in a divorce case was not entitled to any of the household goods unless she could prove she had paid for them with her own money. Now, he said, monetary and nor considered. contributions to a marriage are "This is an extraordinarily important principle," he said. "The work that homemakers do is now being valued. A bunch of flowers every once in a while is not the same as saying it is worth money, and it's worth money now in those 14 states." There has been no breakup of families, no striking down of protective labor laws, he said. "And," he added, "toilets have not been integrated. I'm sure you were waiting breathlessly for that news." . "A great injustice is being done to the women in this country as well as the men,' Alda says. "Most women have what they have as a privilege, but what happens should they find themselves without a man, then t they will find out that what they have is a privilege and not their right. "Men like to feel that they are protecting the women in their lives, and this is fine. We should protect them, but by protecting them we are also cutting them off and making things harder for them," Alda says. "If you really love the women in your lives, you will. protect them by giving them their rights and by letting them be recognized as persons in the U.S. Constitution and the only way this can be done is by the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. "The laws which now exist are valuable to women as well as to men, but they are not enforced and I do not say that with the passage of ERA that there will be any immediate overwhelming changing of things. It will still be a battle, but at the time of the passage of the amendment the struggle will begin and the Equal Rights Amendment will be a tool with which to work to fight the battle of equality in this country. "We love the women in our lives and we want to protect and love them, and I say, let's care enough about them to let them have the right to make their own decisions just as we as men have this right. The passage of ERA will not change the feelings or the love that we have for women, but will give them the equality that they should have," Alda says. "ERA is not dead in North Carolina and I implore the people of this state to say yes and to do it right now," Alda said. "We have an obligation and a responsibility to pass this amendment and to give women the rights with which they as people are entitled to have," Alda concluded. "The only thing wrong with the ERA is that we don't have it yet." Miss Blevins Is Wed Sheila Renee Blevins and James Elmer Savage, Jr., both of Rocky Mount, were united in marriage on Saturday, January 20, at 2. p. m. at Falls Road Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. The Reverend W. D. Hamrick officiated at the double-ring ceremony. The wedding was directed by Mrs. W. D. Hamrick of Rocky Mount. Wedding music was presented by organist Grady Howell and soloist Joe Peters, both of Rocky Mount. Given in marriage by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blevins of Rocky Mount. The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Elmer Savage, Sr., a…
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
hntdove.bsky.social
The 10th Amendment comes out of hiding again, does not see its shadow, and decides to stick around for a while.
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1d
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.

The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:

tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
Screenshot of TruthSocial post by President Trump complaining that Mayor Frey won't enforce federal immigration law, and calling it a "very serious violation of the Law."
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
Seems like a valid comparison to me. Give 'em hell, Tim!
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
sahilkapur.bsky.social
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
kenwhite.bsky.social
Trumpists believe that America is the greatest country in the history of the world because of our liberty and you deserve to die if you exercise that liberty.

They are human in a manner of speaking, I guess.
walshfreedom.bsky.social Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d
Cruelty is a choice.
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
mmasnick.bsky.social
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone

They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
The Lord of the Rings: The White Company.

I have as much of the promo art as I could find, and I used to use the official wallpapers at work.
farfin.bsky.social farfin @farfin.bsky.social · 1d
a delayed game is eventually good but a canceled game that never comes out and had cool promotional material will be good forever
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
No, LinkedIn, I don't believe I'm going to apply for a job with Customs and Border Patrol. Yes, I am qualified. (It's a comms position.) Yes, I need a job.

I also have morals.
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
steveshives.bsky.social
NEW VIDEO! Alex Kurtzman Meets Stephen Miller youtu.be/5FMof1n7sRM
Alex Kurtzman Meets Stephen Miller
YouTube video by Steve Shives
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
Received a job rejection two hours ago.

I can't say I'm disappointed by this one. It was posted last week... and last spring. So, either they aren't finding what they want in the applications, or they can't keep the people they do hire.
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
Canada and Mexico can host the World Cup this summer. Not a single game should be played on American soil.
blu2b4u.bsky.social GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 2d
🚨It would be reasonable to assume that those who disregard the truth so blatantly can also not be trusted to host a safe and secure World Cup. | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Removing US as World Cup host would be eminently sad – and entirely justified | Alexander Abnos
A country where safety is under threat from federal violence on the streets is not fit to stage soccer’s showpiece event
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
dutchiepatrick.bsky.social
So, ICE is now judge, jury and executioner?
Any democracy left in this country?

Tom Homan is extremely dangerous.
If it were up to him, even more civilians would be murdered. He has absolutely no problem with that.

Be safe, be smart out there 💙.
January 27, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
urbanbohemian.com
This isn't even the first time they've done this (or had to do this), but they ALWAYS show up for us with tips like this. 💖
danifroom.bsky.social Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
Sesame Street Instagram: Big Bird snuggling a smaller bird. Offering comfort in Scary Times: After a violent event, children of different ages will have different needs. These age based strategies can help them feel safer and more secure.
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Reposted by Allyn Gibson
adamserwer.bsky.social
Ah so the people with guns get to be anonymous but the people actually protecting others get fed to the right wing harassment machine, is that it? bsky.app/profile/dbra...
dbrauer.net David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
January 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM
allyngibson.bsky.social
In 1941 Irving Berlin wrote an anti-Hitler protest song, "When That Man Is Dead and Gone." It's catchy. Sharing for no particular reason.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM